WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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The Indiana Department of Transportation announced today it’s planning to limit northbound and southbound traffic, between Bloomington and Martinsville, down to one lane in either direction; The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is recommending children, the elderly and people who may have trouble breathing to stay indoors this weekend; The Indiana Center for Recovery, a for-profit addiction treatment center that opened in Bloomington last June, failed a state fire inspection today. Residents on streets in, or near, Bloomington school zones may see reduced speed limits and flashing beacons by the year 2020.
FEATURE: Widespread contamination by dry cleaning chemicals have leached into the groundwater aquifer in Spencer, and last week the Environmental Protection Agency added downtown Spencer to the Superfund National Priorities List. Dr. Diane Henshel at IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs is an environmental toxicology expert. In today’s Feature Report, Dr. Henshel speaks with WFHB News Director Wes Martin, about what the chemical contaminate Tetrachloroethene, or PCE, can do to the human body.
VOICES IN THE STREET: Memorial Day is coming up on Monday. Our weekly public opinion feature Voices in the Street asks what your plans are for Memorial Day.
CREDITS:
Today’s Anchors are Ron Bronson and Carolyn Vande Wiele.
Today’s headlines were written by Jonah Chester and Wes Martin, along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Wes Martin.
Voices in the Street was produced by Jenna Jankowski,
Our engineer today is Dan Withered.
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Scott Schmadeke, and Dani Graf.
Executive Producer is Wes Martin.
